Fourteen members of Trump-endorsed Republican U.S. Senate candidate Adam Laxalt's family just publicly endorsed his Democratic opponent, incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, and I'm wondering what Thanksgiving will be like this year at the Laxalts. Representative Paul Gosar's (Q-AZ) siblings cut an ad for his Democratic opponent in 2018, so this isn't unprecedented, but it is unusual.
The three-page letter, obtained by The Nevada Independent, does not mention Laxalt by name or his Senate campaign, focusing instead on praising Cortez Masto. That includes her positions on women's issues, opposition to a proposed federal mining tax, public land preservation, and her record as the state's attorney general from 2007 to 2015.
Via the New York Times:
Adam Laxalt, the Republican running for Senate in Nevada, built a political career on his family name, casting himself as the heir to his grandfather, a towering figure in the state who served as governor and one of its senators.
On Wednesday, they endorsed Mr. Laxalt's rival, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, the Democratic incumbent, saying that she "possesses a set of qualities that clearly speak of what we like to call 'Nevada grit.'"
"She has always put Nevada first — even when it meant working against her own party's policies," they wrote.
In Gosar's case, it wasn't enough to stop him from getting elected. I wonder how, in hindsight, his supporters feel now that he's into Q-Anon, and has a long history of controversies. And usually, when a politician finds himself at the center of controversy after controversy, it means they aren't doing their job.
As for Laxalt, fourteen of his family members don't think he's up for the job, and the race is close.
